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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Faulty Equipment leads to Fireman's Death, Survivair pays $27 million wrongful death settlement.
St. Louis, MO: (Sep-19-07) Angela Martin, widow of Derek Martin, a St. Louis firefighter, brought charges against Survivair, a California-based subsidiary of the French safety company Bacou-Dalloz, following her husband's death. The suit claimed that Derek Martin's death in a blaze in 2002 was the result of a malfunction of his Survivair brand equipment. S... - $26 Million Debt Settlement, Cardima, Inc. pays Apix International Ltd.
Fremont, CA: (Sep-19-07) Apix International Limited brought claims against Cardima, Inc., developer of the REVELATION® Tx, REVELATION® T-Flex ablation microcatheters and INTELLITEMP® Energy Management Device, over a debt settlement. In a settlement reached, Cardima, Inc. agreed to repay all outstanding debt obligations to Apix International, and repurch... - Assistant Manager Discrimination, Price Cutter Supermarkets pays $100,000 racial and gender discrimination settlement.
St. Louis, MO: (Sep-19-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a federal discrimination lawsuit against Price Cutter Supermarkets in Springfield, MO, alleging that Sean Mabins, a former assistant store manager was racially harassed. The suit, brought on behalf of Mabins, was filed in St. Louis federal court. The suit claimed that the dis... - Murdered Inmate, Spokane Family Gets $180,000 Settlement
Spokane County, WA: (Sep-19-07) The family of 21-year-old Christopher L. Rentz brought a lawsuit against Spokane County, alleging that Rentz was murdered by his cellmates in October 2004, as a result of the county's negligence. The lawsuit alleged that jail employees and a Spokane Mental Health nurse practitioner negligently violated Rentz's civil rights b... - Biotape False Marketing, Smart Inventions pays $2.5 million settlement.
Washington, DC: (Sep-19-07) The Federal Trade Commission brought charges against Smart Inventions, Inc. and Jon Nokes, two marketers of the alleged pain relief product called Biotape, accusing them of deceptively claiming that Biotape, an adhesive tape, provided significant, permanent relief from severe pain and that it was superior to other pain-relief p... - False Arrest, Hillsborough woman wins $100,000 settlement for civil rights violations
Tampa, FL: (Sep-19-07) Mary Beth Mazar, a Valrico woman, brought a lawsuit against former Deputy Daniel Brock, a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy, alleging that he violated her civil rights while arresting her son. Mazar's lawsuit predated Brock's firing and was not directly related to the internal affairs investigation into his DUI arrests. But her ac... - Property Tax Bankruptcy, American Home Mortgage Corp. pays $2.4 million settlement to Freddie Mac.
Talk to a local bankruptcy lawyer right away! New York, NY: (Sep-19-07) Mortgage financier Freddie Mac brought charges against bankrupt loan servicer American Home Mortgage Corp. over delayed property taxes on behalf of thousands of homeowners. The lawsuit, filed early September 2007, had Freddie Mac warning that homeowners faced an imminent risk of... - Pulaski Community Hospital Mental Patient Suicide Settlement
Roanoke, VA: (Sep-20-07) The family of Joshua Wayne Brown brought a lawsuit against Pulaski Community Hospital, alleging that the county was negligent in its care, causing Brown to kill himself in the mental hospital with a pistol he smuggled inside. Brown had a history of mental illness. According to the lawsuit, he was first admitted to Pulaski Community... - Texas Youth Commission Inmate Brutality Settlement
Austin, TX: (Sep-19-07) Erik Rodriguez, a 19-year-old former inmate, brought a lawsuit against the Texas Youth Commission (TYC), alleging that he was abused while he served time at the Commissions Corsicana Residential Treatment Center in April 2006. The suit claimed that the teenager was brutally beaten by other inmates while in state custody. Rodriguez s... - Evergreen Investments and Wachovia Corp. Market Timing Settlement
Birmingham, AL: (Sep-19-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Evergreen Investments, the investment management division of Wachovia Corp., and Evergreen affiliates, alleging that the company engaged in improper market timing. Market timing involves rapid trading to benefit from market inefficiencies. Though it is not illegal... - Plane Crash Disaster Narrowly Avoided
Nov-17-07 Fort Wayne, IN: In what could have been an absolute disaster in another plane crash , two planes narrowly escaped a collision at 25,000 feet above Indiana on Tuesday. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, which has conducted a preliminary investigation, the near miss was caused by an air traffic controller's error. The incident occurred a... - AT&T Corp. Calling Card Patent Infringement Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Sep-18-07) Dallas-based TGIP Inc. brought patent infringement charges against AT&T Corp., alleging that the San Antonio based company infringed on two TGIP patents that allow customers to buy calling time and recharge previously used calling cards at retail outlets. The lawsuit accused AT&T of marketing and selling prepaid calling cards and of... - Alameda County, CA Foster Care Abuse Settlement
Alameda County, CA: (Sep-18-07) Three women brought charges against Yusuf Bey, former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader, alleging that he sexually assaulted and abused them as minors after the county placed them in his home. The three women were foster children or wards of the court from 1978 and were placed in the care of Bey's wife, Nora Bey, by county soc... - Perkins Coie Legal Malpractice Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Sep-18-07) Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho (TKS), a manufacturer of large newspaper printing presses, brought a lawsuit against two Washington-based Perkins Coie partners, Yoshihiro Saito, an international trade litigation lawyer, and Barry Reingold, an antitrust litigation lawyer, accusing them of malpractice. The Japanese company sued two of the fir... - Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Priest Abuse Settlement
Pittsburgh, PA: (Sep-18-07) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced that it had reached a $1.25 million resolution of civil lawsuits filed by those who claimed they were sexually abused by diocese priests. Sources alleged that the oldest claim of abuse began in 1954 and the most recent was in 1989. Diocesan spokesman Rev. Ron Lengwin stated that... - PPL Corp. River Basin Water Overuse Settlement
Wilkes Barre, PA: (Sep-17-07) The Susquehanna River Basin Commission, a federal interstate agency charged with approving or denying applications to withdraw ground or surface water from the basin, brought charges against PPL Corp., over a 2001 increase in water usage from the Susquehanna River. The issue stems from a 2001 modification, or uprate, made to P... - L'Henri, Inc. Dry Cleaning Chemicals Settlement
New York, NY: (Sep-17-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against One Hour Martinizing, a laundry and dry cleaning operation on St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, alleging that the Barbel Plaza facility had several violations regarding the use of a hazardous chemical. In April 2005, EPA inspected the One Hour Martinizing facility f... - Dallas County, TX Deputy Constables Wrongful Termination Settlement
Dallas County, TX: (Sep-17-07) Three deputy constables Jim Gilliand, Sonia Avina, and Stanley Gaines, brought a lawsuit against the county in 2001, after they lost their jobs following the 2000 elections. The county had argued that deputy constables' civil service status expired with a constable's term and that they didn't have to be rehired, but a jury fo... - Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. Policyholder Cancellation Settlement
Boston, MA: (Sep-17-07) Attorney General Martha Coakley brought charges against Arbella Mutual Insurance Co., of Quincy, alleging that the company failed to adhere to guidelines spelled out in state insurance laws. Coakley's staff accused Arbella of failing to adhere to state guidelines when the company canceled a group of customers who had been with Arbel... - Swedish Professor Slams Zyprexa, Pulls no Punches
Nov-22-07 Hagersten, Sweden: Zyprexa is the sixth largest seller in Sweden, in all categories, and Rolf Adolfsson isn't happy about that. Unhappy, because the endocrine effects of Zyprexa are extremely dangerous, so says the noted Swedish professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Adolfsson, who has been investigating the harmful effects of drugs for the past seven years,...